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Apple quits environmental registry, gets S.F. rebuke
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple's withdrawal from an environmental ratings registry has prompted at least one city — San Francisco — to stop buying its computers. The decision does not apply to iPads or iPhones. Full story
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Funerals undergoing an eco-friendly makeover
The best cities to live car-free in America
Companies sued for calling bottles biodegradable
Solar company that got federal loan shuts down
California considers Styrofoam containers ban
Halliburton exec takes a swig of fracking fluid
Ford, Toyota to team up on hybrid trucks
NYC area rules list of top public transit cities
Automakers in quest to boost fuel efficiency
Where the green jobs are growing in the U.S.
25-acre solar roof to be built in New Jersey
Not all hybrids are a green bargain
Big clothing brands use polluting Chinese firms
GOP fails to turn off light bulb standards
Venture firms seek 'light' green' tech bets
'Cars 2' fuels energy debate with green theme
Obama pushes for high-tech manufacturing
Google invests $280 million in home solar
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Nuclear power ‘wave’ — or just a ripple?
Reflections from time on ‘the Ice’
Anger greets Gulf Coast wetlands plan
Biodiesel boat blasts through ocean
Earth Day idea: Rethink toilet paper
Chimp researcher reaches out to kids
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Thermostat reinvented, and it's finally good
Solar power begins to go mainstream
GM to launch electric Chevy Spark
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Top 5 destinations for ecotourism
How to travel green — and luxe
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Travel companies tackle global warming
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Obama’s green dreams
President Obama’s environmental initiatives are going to mean good things for a host of industries across the country. Here are six sectors likely to benefit from Obama’s scheme to go green.
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Carbon trade game
Learn how the "cap and trade" scheme works and play along in a simulated market.
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Buy local, think healthy — it tastes sweeter
Do we really need so much stuff?
The new urban living: Bright lights, green city
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Battle of the Bags: Paper vs. Plastic
Msnbc.com takes you on interactive journey through the debate over the "greenest" way to cart away groceries.
Slideshows
NBC News
Scenes from Greenland
‘NBC Nightly News’ reports from Ilulissat, Greenland, on the alarming melt of the Greenland ice sheet.
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  World’s endangered rivers
See the rivers deemed at risk by the WWF. According to the group the rivers are quickly dying as a result of climate change, pollution and dams.
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  Earth from space
Click through the highlights from more than four decades of images of our home planet, taken by astronauts in orbit.
Interactives
Vital Signs of a Warming World
The science, impacts and scenarios of climate shifts
Carbon trade game
Learn how the "cap and trade" scheme works and play along in a simulated market.
Farming of the future?
Though vertical farms likely would rise just two or three stories, some researchers imagine 30-story buildings.
The greenhouse effect
How the Earth maintains a temperature conducive to life
Cooling the planet
Check out five far-out ideas on how to engineer a cooler Earth.
Eyeing the ice
The National Science Foundation's Tom Wagner on why climate experts study Antarctica.
Capturing CO2
A look at carbon sequestration
Melting mountains
Data shows five areas of concern
How hybrids work
What makes hybrid cars so fuel-efficient?

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